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UPDATE 3-Brexit won't mean lower capital buffers for insurers, says Bank of England

Tue, 16th Mar 2021 07:44

* Woods: wary of lower capital for green investments

* Woods: competitiveness objective not a good idea

* Woods: tailored, rather than radical review of rules
(Adds industry reaction)

By Huw Jones

LONDON, March 16 (Reuters) - A review of the UK's insurance
capital rules will not lead to any "radical departure" or a
reduction in requirements, but it will take time to complete,
Bank of England Deputy Governor Sam Woods said on Tuesday.

Britain's exit from the European Union has prompted the
government to review insurance capital rules inherited from the
bloc, raising industry hopes of less burdensome requirements.

Woods, who also heads the BoE's Prudential Regulation
Authority, which regulates Britain's top banks and insurers,
played down any such expectations.

"Now that we have left the EU we have no interest whatsoever
in lowering levels of resilience or policyholder protection, but
we can and should make changes to tailor regulation so it fits
our market better and is more efficient and coherent," Woods
told the Association of British Insurers (ABI).

The ABI said last month that 35 billion pounds ($48.4
billion) of capital locked in by the risk margin element in
capital rules known as Solvency II, could be used to increase
investment in the UK economy and tackle climate change.

The risk margin is an extra layer of capital insurers must
hold as a safety buffer in case they get into trouble.

However, Woods said he had doubts "about a reform package
which materially decapitalises the insurance sector," adding:
"While it's natural for the private sector to focus on private
interests, it’s part of our job to keep an eye on the potential
public costs of significant insurance failures."

Charlotte Clark, ABI's director of regulation, said
improvements to Solvency II could free up "billions of pounds"
for investment in key infrastructure projects and the green
economy, while upholding a high level of consumer protection.

He was "wary" of cutting capital requirements on 'green' or
climate-friendly investments.

Regulators face calls to have a remit to keep the City of
London globally competitive. It is "not normal" for prudential
regulators to have an actual competitiveness objective, which
could be seen internationally as an intention to weaken UK
regulation, Woods said.

"Loading something up with ever more objects is an excellent
way to decorate your Christmas tree, but it's not the best way
to create an effective regulator," Woods said.

($1 = 0.7231 pounds)
(Reporting by Huw Jones; editing by John Stonestreet, Ed Osmond
and Susan Fenton)

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